DAVID Moodie will represent Racing Victoria at a Racing Australia meeting next week despite standing down as its chairman.

RV’s endorsement of Moodie to attend the meeting has been questioned by industry leaders. Moodie announced on October 14 he had stood aside from the RV board pending an investigation by Racing Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna.

David Moodie stood down as Racing Victoria chairman in October pending an investigation by the Racing Integrity Commission. Picture: David CroslingSource:News Corp Australia

When Moodie announced he was standing down, RV said deputy chairman, outgoing board member Michael Caveny would assume the role, but two days later it said that new deputy chairman Mike Hirst would assume the role while Moodie was on a “leave of absence”.

It’s understood Moodie is on a committee which will appoint a replacement for Racing Australia chief executive Peter McGauran. RV’s departing chief Bernard Saundry is understood to be an applicant.